LIRR P72 coaches... where'd they go?

mikey cruz wrote:LIRR shoulda gave a bunch to the museum out in Riverhead to be used & maintained for fan trips.

I don't think they have enough capital to maintain a number of cars.

An interesting afterlife:
http://listings.point2.com/1159935446/

Wow, talk about the middle of nowhere. I thought we sold that part of Michigan to the darn Canadians... Seriously that's nowhere near the tracks, which are now a rail-trail for snowmobilers.

Judging from the trucks, that car was not a P-72, but was rather an MT-72, or cabless EMU motor car. The locomotive-hauled P-72s had trucks similar to the PRR P-70s. The key feature is the placement of the brake cylinders. The EMU version had the brake cylinders mounted low, and at the end of the truck, to keep the brake rigging away from 660-v.d.c. electrical cables. If you look closely, you'll see this feature on the trucks.

P72s also had a small vent on the roof that the MP72s didn't.

could they be worlds fair zip cars?

Too big for zip cars! 72's had a taller appearance, and square windows. 75s had rounded windows.

The number on the car appears to be 2836.

Former Sunrise Fleet parlor car 2020 and coach 2837 have a new home adjacent to the University of South Carolina's Williams-Brice stadium in Columbia SC. It appears they will join the collection of cabooses and heavyweight passenger cars, known as "The Cockaboose Railroad", which have been refurbished for comfortable tailgating parties before, during and after USC football games.

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Current photo of x-LIRR 2020 parked in Columbia SC contributed to LIRR Parlor Cars website by David P. Reddy.

ex-LIRR 2940, which served briefly as an "inspection car" on the New York & Atlantic, has since found a new home on the Catskill Mountain Railroad. It is in the process of being refurbished for use on its Kingston City Limited trains.

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-otto-

I've received a report that the former LIRR cars stored at Cumberland Valley Business Park (the former Letterkenny Army Depot) at Culbertson PA were cut up for scrap 3 to 4 years ago (circa 2010) after the owner(s) failed to pay for track lease/storage. Based on my roster information, the cars scrapped included Sunrise Fleet parlor cars 2001, 2012, 2017 and 2019.

2001 was only one of two Sunrise Fleet parlor cars that were dual mode, in that they could take power from the HEP train line, and were self-contained with their own diesel generator. The 2002 had identical capability.

http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr/page5.html

A P72 has found itself in a rare position: in tow behind a historic #63 Leviathan. Anyone know the number?

R36 Combine Coach wrote:A P72 has found itself in a rare position: in tow behind a historic #63 Leviathan. Anyone know the number?

Lorraine & West Virginia has the 2919 and 2938, now LWVX 2919 and 2938.

The CMRR now has 2940, 2949 (formerly 2977) and 2962. We are very pleased to have three identical coaches to work with.

Interestingly, the 2940 and 2962 have type 26 brake valves, but the 2949 has D22 brake valves. Anyone know why there is a difference?

EH

Not sure why...but about half in the fleet were 26C and some were D-22. Possibly some in the fleet were upgraded during their time on the railroad.